CT2025 AFG vs AUS: The Champions Trophy 2025 clash between Afghanistan and Australia has been called out due to consistent rain.
As the game ended with no result, Australia qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy 2025 with a win and two no-result games.
However, Afghanistan has to rely on the final Group Stage matches of ‘B’ where England has to make a win against South Africa for their semi-final qualification scenario.
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Coming to the match, Afghanistan batted first and posted 273 innings in their innings. Sediqullah Atal and Omarzai played a decent knocks to post a competitive total in the game.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran opening the inning while Spencer Johnson who bowled the first over of the inning bagged a wicket in the very first over by dismissing Rahmanullah for five ball duck.
Following his dismissal, Afghanistan made a steady inning by adding 67 runs for the second wicket. Zampa broke the partnership by dismissing Ibrahim Zadran for 22 runs in third ball of the 14th over.
While the batters were expected to build another crucial partnership, Australian bowlers put pressure on the Afghan batting lineup by dismissing Rahmat Shah for 12 runs.
Though Afghan lost wickets at one end, Sediqullah Atal on the other end made an impressive inning and nears his triple-digit mark.
But Spencer Johnson in the 32nd over dismissed Atal for 85 and scattered the dreams of scoring a century.
Azmatullah Omarzai for his counterpart added 67 runs. Without much contribution from the lower order, Afghanistan managed to score 273 runs after losing 10 wickets in the allotted 50 overs.
In the pursuit of chasing the target, Australia’s Matt Short was dismissed for 20 runs while Travis Head gave s fiery start slamming fifty while batting along Steve Smith.
After the Aussies cross 100 run mark, rain started pouring after Australia played 12.5 overs of their innings. As the rain continued to pour, the officials has called off the match at Lahore.
